When Topology Meets Chemistry
Subtitle: A Topological Look at Molecular Chirality (Outlooks)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 31, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780521664820
Subjects: Chemistry; Topology; Mathematics; Chirality; Science/Mathematics; Topology - General; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Geometry - General; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical--Mathematics; Mathematics / Applied; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical; Chemistry, Physical and theore; Knot theory
First sentence: Stereochemistry is the study of the three-dimensional structure of molecules, and topology is the study of those properties of geometric objects that are invariant under continuous transformations.